Written by interdisciplinary authors from the fields of educational policy, early childhood education, history, political philosophy, law, and moral philosophy, this volume addresses the use of disciplinary action across varied educational contexts. Much of the punishment of children occurs in non-criminal contexts, in educational and social settings, and schools are institutions where young people are subject to disciplinary practices and justifications that are quite unlike those found elsewhere. In addition to this, the discipline they receive is often discriminatory, being disproportionately focused on students of colour and other minoritized identities, and unjust in other ways.
This timely text is a comprehensive examination of punishment in schools, prompting discussions on racial equity, social justice in education and the school to prison pipeline. Each chapter offers empirically informed, theoretical investigations into punishment in educational settings, including how punishment is understood, whether it is permissible to discipline students, and whether such punishment can be considered educational.
Edited by:
Winston C. Thompson,
John Tillson
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350275690
ISBN 10: 1350275697
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 13 July 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Part I: Punishing Children: Foundational Analyses 1. Should School Children be Punished?, Joan Goodman (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 2. Punishment, Pupils, and School Rules, John Tillson (Liverpool Hope University, UK) and Winston C. Thompson (Ohio State University, USA) 3. Responsibility and the Potential Punishment of Children, Larisa Svirsky (Brandeis University, USA) Part II: Punishment in Practice and at the Margins 4. Justice for Trans Youth: Imagining Education Without Cisgenderism, Jenna Scaramanga (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) 5. Racialized Childhoods, Educational Goods, and “No Excuses” Schools: In Defense of Play and Agency, Abigail Beneke (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 6. Punishment in Early Childhood: Do Exclusionary Practices Threaten Children’s Moral Rights?, Joy Dangora Erickson (Endicott College, USA) 7. A New Look at Shaming in Schools, Clio Stearns (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, USA) and Peter Stearns (George Mason University, USA) Part III: Due Process, Standing, and the Authority to Punish 8. Due Process: Fairness in Procedure and Substance in the Public Schools, Todd A. DeMitchell (University of New Hampshire, USA) 9. Taking Hypocrisy to School, Kartik Upadhyaya (Kings College London, UK) and John Tillson (Liverpool Hope University, UK) 10. The Punitive Classroom: Punishment and Punitive Feelings Between Adults and Children, Ruth Cigman (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) Part IV: Exploring Alternatives to Punishment 11. What We Talk About When We Talk About Punishments and Consequences, Avi Mintz (Newlane University, USA) 12. Praise and Positive Behavior Management, Zoë A.Johnson King (University of Southern California, USA) 13. Nudging School Discipline, Viktor Ivankovic (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia) 14. Making Sense of Student (Mis)behavior: A Critical Pragmatist Alternative to Pedagogies of Punishment, Barbara S. Stengel, Elizabeth A. Self and Rebecca A. Peterson (Vanderbilt University, USA) List of Contributors Index
Winston C. Thompson is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education and Associate Professor of Philosophy (by courtesy) at Ohio State University, USA. He is the Editor of Philosophical Foundations of Education (Bloomsbury, 2022). John Tillson is Senior Lecturer of Philosophy of Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He is the author of Children, Religion and the Ethics of Influence (Bloomsbury 2019).
Reviews for Pedagogies of Punishment: The Ethics of Discipline in Education
Punishment of students is a fact of school life. Should it be? If so, what forms of punishment are justified and under what conditions? In this superb, edited book, Thompson and Tillson bring together noted philosophers and teacher educators for a comprehensive and definitive response to those questions. * Larry Nucci, Adjunct Professor, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley USA * What punishment is and when and how it is justified in education are underexplored topics. This book dives deep into theories and practices of punishment in education, illuminating conceptual complexities as well as intended and unintended impacts of punishment on diverse young people. The book is foundational for understanding punishment in education from analytic and practical views. * Liz Jackson, Professor and Head of the Department of International Education, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * There’s a rich literature on the justification of punishment, but its routine use by schools is unquestioned. This rich volume presents a persuasive case for thinking that schools can only fulfil their educational mission if their punishments are justified. Philosophers, educationalists and everyone who cares about children will find it illuminating. * Neil Levy, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia and Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, United Kingdom * This collection of interdisciplinary literature is an insightful contribution to education fields and provides a valuable resource for educators, families, and communities. * CHOICE *